Automobile-frame



G. FLLlsZ.

AUTOMOBILE FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED IULY 7. 1920.

Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1920. 1,372,497. Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

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GEORGE FLLISZ, F LIVERMORR' PENNSLVANIA.

AUTOMOBILEFRAME Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

Application led July 7, 1920. Serial No. 394,505.

To @ZZ r11/1,0m t may concern:

Be it known that l, tinonen FLLrsz, a citiren of Poland, residing at Livermore, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobilew `Frames. of which. the following is a specifi cation.

The primary object of the present inven tion is the provisionof a strong device adapted for ready attachment to the frame of an automobile for operating such a structure as a saw inill located at one side of the vehicle.

it further object of the invention is the provision of a. detachable power plant for rendering the driving shaft of a motor vehic-le serviceable for such purposes as operating rotary cutters the construction being such as to permit the employment of the usual clutch of the motor for controlling the operation of the device.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

ln the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of an automobile frame with my device operatively installed thereon and illustrated as employed for operating a saw,

Fig. Q is a front view ot the device in the position noted with portions of the automobile shown in dotted lines and parts in vertical transverse section taken upon line ll-Il of Fig. l,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevational view of a portion of the device showing the gear connection with the motor sha it, y

Fig. d is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the connection between the side rail of the automobile and the france of the device,

Fig. 5 is a horizontal detail section view taken upon line V-V of Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 is a perspective lView of a corner portion of the device showing one of the attaching means employed in its open position and lig. 71s a perspective view of the rear portlon of the device. y

` Referring more `in detail to the drawings a chassis 10 is illustrated having' a motor with a rearwardly extending drive shaft l2 controlled in the usual manner by a clutch 13 so that during the running of the motor A1,1, the shaft 12 may be caused to turn or stand still at the will of the operator. The speed change gears for the rear drivers 14 arelocated in the differential housing 15, and have a neutral position, such as eniployed for instance in theOverland and the baron automobiles. A frame 16 provided for my invention hasparallel. transverse top bars 1'? fitting beneath the angular side rails 18 of the chassis while latch plates 19 plvoted as at 20 to the bars 1T are readily positioned overlapping the lower flanges ouf the rails 18 for holding the frame 16 sus pended beneath the vehicle.

il perforation 21 in each latch plate 19 is adapted to aline with a perforation 22 adiacent the end of the carrying rail 17 for read ily positioning a pin 23 through the perforations 21 and 22 and also through the perfo ration 24: in the intervening lower flange 25 of the adjacent rail 18 as best illustrated in Fig. i of the drawings.

it pinion 26 is fixed to the power shaft 12, adapted for meshing with a gear 27 upon a stub shaft 28 journaled in the frame- 16 is in its suspended. position for operation. A driven shaft 29vjournaled in the frame 16 has a pinion 30 in constant mesh with the gear 27 while a pulley 31 upon the shaft 29 outwardly of the frame 16 accommodates a belt 32-`leading to one side of the vehicle for conveying power to any desired mechanism.

rotary saw such. as 33 may be operated by the belt 32 ruiming over a pulley 34 of the sh aft upon which the saw 33 is mounted, a suitable support or stand 36 forming a part of the saw structure. idepression 37 in the rear one of said bars 17 accommodates the motor shaft 12 when the frame 16 is sufficiently elevated although in the manner `of attaching the device herein illustrated such depression 37 is not utilized.

The complete operation of the device willbe apparent, the frame 16 being readily attachedto the chassis ,when desired to employ the power pinion 26 and at which times the clutch 13 provides for starting and stopping the saw The frame 16 is readily detachable and possesses great strength while this structure is simple and not likely to get out of order. p

The preferred form of the invention is set forth herein although it Will be understood that changes may be made in the same Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

IVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, iszl. In combination With a motor vehicle having angular side rails, a frame having cross bars adapted for positioning beneath said rails, latch plates pivoted to said bars adapted foroverlapping portions of the rails, with the frame suspended beneath the rails, removable securing connections between said latch plates and bars, the said vehicle having a motor with a clutch controlled power shaft longitudinally of the vehicle, a pinion upon said power shaft above said frame, a gear journaled in the said frame in mesh with said pinion when vthe frame is operatively suspended beneath the vehicle, a driven shaft journaled in the frame and operatively connected to the gear and a belt pulley carried by said power shaft rearwardly of the gear substantially centrally beneath the vehicle and motor shaft.

:2. In combination with the chassis of a motor vehicle having a longitudinal motor shaft, a pinion upon said motor shaft, a detachable i'rame suspended from the side rails oi the chassis, a shaft'journaled in the iframe and having a gear secured thereon so as to mesh with said pinion when the frame is attached to the side rails of the chassis, means to transfer power from said gear to a distant point laterally of the chassis, said frame including top cross bars adapted to be positioned against the under side of said side rails, latch plates pivoted to said bars and adapted for overlapping the side rails, and removable securing devices passingthrough the cross bars, latch plates and side rails.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

GEORGE FLLISZ. 

